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Exploring the diversity of blood-sucking Diptera in caves of Central Africa

Scientific Reports, 2017
Caves house pathogenic microorganisms, some of which are transmitted by blood-sucking arthropods. In Africa, previous studies identified mosquitoes, sand flies and biting midges as the main potential vectors of cave-dwelling pathogens.
Judicaël Obame-Nkoghe, Nil Rahola, Diego Ayala, Patrick Yangari, Davy Jiolle, Xavier Allene, Mathieu Bourgarel, Gael Darren Maganga, Nicolas Berthet, Eric-Maurice Leroy, Christophe Paupy   +10 more
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Vertical Distribution of Culicoides Biting Midges in Temperate Forests

Diversity
Culicoides biting midges are small dipterous insects known as biological vectors of arboviruses, protozoa, and filaria parasites worldwide. Many studies on Culicoides focus on trapping them at ground level, without considering the best trap heights for ...
Rasa Bernotienė, Rimgaudas Treinys, Dovilė Bukauskaitė   +2 more
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Culicoides Biting Midges—Underestimated Vectors for Arboviruses of Public Health and Veterinary Importance

Viruses, 2019
Culicoides biting midges, small hematophagous dipterans, are the demonstrated or putative vectors of multiple arboviruses of veterinary and public health importance.
Franziska Sick, Martin Beer, Helge Kampen, Kerstin Wernike   +3 more
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Investigation of RNA Viruses in Culicoides Latreille, 1809 (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in a Mining Complex in the Southeastern Region of the Brazilian Amazon

Viruses
The biting midges Culicoides Latreille, 1809 (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) is highly relevant to epidemiology and public health, as it includes species that are potential vectors of human and animal arboviruses.
Sâmia Luzia Sena da Silva, Sandro Patroca da Silva, Carine Fortes Aragão, Inocêncio de Sousa Gorayeb, Ana Cecília Ribeiro Cruz, Daniel Damous Dias, Bruna Laís Sena do Nascimento, Jannifer Oliveira Chiang, Lívia Medeiros Neves Casseb, Joaquim Pinto Nunes Neto, Lívia Carício Martins, Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos   +11 more
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Blood meal analysis of culicoides (Diptera: ceratopogonidae) in central Tunisia.

PLoS ONE, 2015
To evaluate the host preferences of Culicoides species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Central Tunisia, we identified the source of blood meals of field collected specimens by sequencing of the cytochrome b (cyt b) mitochondrial locus and Prepronociceptine
Darine Slama, Najoua Haouas, Habib Mezhoud, Hamouda Babba, Emna Chaker   +4 more
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To bite or not to bite! A questionnaire-based survey assessing why some people are bitten more than others by midges

BMC Public Health, 2010
Background The Scottish biting midge, Culicoides impunctatus, responsible for more than 90% of biting attacks on human beings in Scotland, is known to demonstrate a preference for certain human hosts over others.
Weeks Emma NI, Stanczyk Nina M, Cook James I, Logan James G, Welham Sue J, Mordue(Luntz) A Jennifer   +5 more
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The Study on Culicoides: The Environment They Live in and Trypanosomatids They Coexist

Insects
Information on Culicoides transmitted parasites, especially trypanosomatids, infecting animals and insects, is scarce. Our goal was to clarify the seasonal patterns of both Culicoides and trypanosomatids detected in these insects and the relationships ...
Margarita Kazak, Kristina Valavičiūtė-Pocienė, Rasa Bernotienė   +2 more
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Molecular detection of parasites and host preference in wild-caught Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Chiang Mai and Nakhon Si Thammarat Provinces, Thailand

Parasite
Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) have been reported as potential vectors for haemoparasites. Information about host-vector-parasite specificity is required to confirm their status.
Kyi Soe Baby, Kaewmee Saowalak, Mano Chonlada, Pattanawong Urassaya, Tipparawong Nopporn, Siriyasatien Padet, Gatherer Derek, Urbaniak Michael D., Bates Paul A., Jariyapan Narissara   +9 more
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First record of Forcipomyia (Microhelea) eriophora (Williston, 1896) ectoparasitic midges occurrence on Heraclides anchisiades capys (Hübner, 1809) butterfly caterpillar hosts in Brazil

Universitas Scientiarum
In this work we report for the first time the occurrence of female adults of the biting midge Forcipomyia (Microhelea) eriophora feeding on butterfly Heraclides anchisiades capys caterpillars.
Caique Dantas Vasconcelos, Caio Cezar Dias Corrêa, Gabriel Santos Vieira   +2 more
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Synthèse bibliographique : l'écologie larvaire des culicoïdes (Diptera : Ceratopogonidae)

Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 2014
Review: larval ecology of Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). This paper reviews the larval ecology of Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in order to bring together knowledge, often very scattered, of breeding sites ...
Zimmer, JY., Haubruge, E., Francis, F.
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